Checklists for interpreting chest radiographs : a scoping review protocol

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dc.contributor.author Sethole, Khethiwe Margaret
dc.contributor.author Mshunqane, Nombeko
dc.contributor.author Kekana, Mable
dc.date.accessioned 2024-01-16T09:14:37Z
dc.date.available 2024-01-16T09:14:37Z
dc.date.issued 2023-08-30
dc.description AVAILABILITY OF DATA AND MATERIALS : Not applicable as this is a protocol for a scoping review. The search strategy has been discussed. en_US
dc.description.abstract INTRODUCTION : What is known about checklists for interpreting chest radiographs? The question will guide the development of the inclusion criteria for the scoping review. Breaking down the scoping review question will allow the evaluation of inclusion and exclusion criteria for the protocol. The eligibility of the proposed research question will be assessed using the Population or Participants, Concept and Context (PCC) framework. BACKGROUND : X-ray reporting can be standardised using checklists. Checklists may reduce the time needed to produce a comprehensive X-ray report and improve the quality and consistency of detecting abnormalities on chest radiographs. This scoping review aims to map the available literature on what is known about checklists for interpreting chest radiographs. METHODS : We will follow the methodological framework for scoping reviews originally described by Arksey and O’Malley. The scoping review will include articles that describe checklists for reducing diagnostic errors, checklists for analysing chest radiographs, checklists for identifying abnormalities on chest radiographs and checklists for reporting chest radiographs in all settings. Search terms are chest radiographs, checklists, and chest X-rays. We will search for peer-reviewed articles and grey literature including dissertations and theses. We will search online databases including Ovid Medline and Ebscohost, to identify articles published in English from 1994 to 2022. The searched articles will undergo two levels of screening, first the title and abstract screening, then a full-text screening by two reviewers. Data from the selected articles will be extracted, using a tested extraction form and charted using the Joanna Briggs Institute guidelines. RESULTS : The results will be collated, summarised and discussed including any limitations of the included articles. The articles will be summarised in a table, as well as narratively. The distribution of studies will be summarised quantitatively and the numerical analysis will provide an overview and identify knowledge gaps. Content analysis will map different checklists available for chest interpretation. DISCUSSION : The results of the scoping review will be used to develop a checklist that will be used by medical doctors in collaboration with radiographers working in settings where there are no radiologists on-site, for interpreting chest radiographs. SYSTEMATIC REVIEW REGISTRATION : Scoping review protocol registered with Open Science Framework on 27 July 2022. Registration https:// doi. org/ 10. 17605/ OSF. IO/ JS5PQ. en_US
dc.description.department Physiotherapy en_US
dc.description.department Radiography en_US
dc.description.librarian am2024 en_US
dc.description.sdg None en_US
dc.description.uri https://systematicreviewsjournal.biomedcentral.com en_US
dc.identifier.citation Sethole, K.M., Mshunqane, N., Kekana, M. 2023, 'Checklists for interpreting chest radiographs : a scoping review protocol', Systematic Reviews, vol. 12, art. 152, pp. 1-6. https://DOI.org/10.1186/s13643-023-02327-w. en_US
dc.identifier.issn 2046-4053 (online)
dc.identifier.other 10.1186/s13643-023-02327-w
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/2263/93982
dc.language.iso en en_US
dc.publisher BMC en_US
dc.rights © The Author(s) 2023. Open Access This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. en_US
dc.subject Checklist en_US
dc.subject Chest interpretation en_US
dc.subject Medical doctors en_US
dc.subject Radiologists en_US
dc.subject Radiographers en_US
dc.title Checklists for interpreting chest radiographs : a scoping review protocol en_US
dc.type Article en_US


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